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150 confirmed with 47 Americans? Surprising fraction. Mountaineers or that area is popular for some reason?
by arjie 2mo ago
150 confirmed with 47 Americans? Surprising fraction. Mountaineers or that area is popular for some reason?
- markus_zhang 2mo agoNepal is popular for Westerners I think. Maybe for religious reasons?
- porridgeraisin 2mo agoMountaineering. For indians, you also have the religious aspect because the immigration center you go to to visit Mt Kailash is there. That immigration building was the white one that got completely shredded in the popular video going around.
- markus_zhang 2mo agoAh thanks for clarification.
- janhaa 2mo agoi understand it as 150 dead, with more people missing, of which 47 are americans.
- adelie 2mo agoit's a popular area for tourists and mountaineers, but also i think it's a lot easier to estimate missing/dead tourists since most of them will be there with tours/companies that have to keep track of exactly where they are.
- keyle 2mo agoLikely the tourists are better accounted for than the locals. Numbers are likely much higher :(
- don_esteban 2mo agoThis. You could probably count 100+ people in the death zone of the border crossing video alone. The final death toll will be terrible, with most never found.
- tppiotrowski 2mo agoSyabru Besi is downriver of the border and the starting point for the Langtang valley trek which is probably the third most popular trekking location in Nepal (behind Everest basecamp and Annapurna circuit). I think the tourist data they have is from tourists that are traveling with guides but from my experience many tourists also bypass the official requirements and trek solo so the number could be much higher if the Langtang is affected.